Re: [SOLVED] How to identify obsolete packages
Stephen Powell wrote on 10/31/2015 17:30: > On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 11:28:26 -0400 (EDT), Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: >> >> Here is one way. >> >> To identify packages that are no longer present in the archive >> >> % apt-show-versions -r . | grep "No available version in archive" > > That's what I'm talking about! Thanks! (Although it does require the > installation of another package: apt-show-versions.) > Solutions were proposed already at least once on this list: see the thread beginning with https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/01/msg00446.html Regards, jvp.
Re: [SOLVED] How to identify obsolete packages
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 11:28:26 -0400 (EDT), Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: >> >> Here is one way. >> >> To identify packages that are no longer present in the archive >> >> % apt-show-versions -r . | grep "No available version in archive" > > That's what I'm talking about! Thanks! (Although it does require the > installation of another package: apt-show-versions.) > > I'm curious, though. Do you use the C shell? Or did you just customize > your prompt? > I use zsh (aka zshell) and highly recommend it instead of bash. http://raju.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Why_notes#Why_zsh explains why I switched to it in the first place. -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi | http://raju.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Blog
[SOLVED] How to identify obsolete packages
On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 11:28:26 -0400 (EDT), Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > Here is one way. > > To identify packages that are no longer present in the archive > > % apt-show-versions -r . | grep "No available version in archive" That's what I'm talking about! Thanks! (Although it does require the installation of another package: apt-show-versions.) I'm curious, though. Do you use the C shell? Or did you just customize your prompt? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `-
